Quotes on Cooking

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~ Harriet van Horne

"When baking, follow instructions. When cooking, go by your own taste." ~ Laiko Bahrs

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." ~ Virginia Woolf

Friday, November 19, 2010

Roast Chicken

Lately, staff meals have been donations of chicken parts from all around the college. They either are carcasses that go into a graveyard of chicken bones (chicken stock) or if they are still meaty, they go into the hotbed of the oven.

My marination for meats is pretty simple:
1. Acid
2. Salt
3. Herbs/Spices
4. Oil

So it's simple, really, and people ask me, what I put in it. It's anything I can get my hands on in the kitchen, really.

So, first time around, it was red wine vinegar, cayenne pepper, dried oregano, Lea & Perrins and generous amounts of olive oil.

Next up, it was Chinese black vinegar, cajun seasoning, black pepper, basted with a little light soy sauce and the olive oil again.

180C. 35 minutes.

BOOM! Crispy skin that crackles like paper and juicy tender insides.

That's my nugget for today.

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